More than a series of rites of passage through the landmarks of growing
up and growing old, Jewish and Christian life-cycle rituals give the
members of each religious tradition theological and ritualized
definitions of what a life should be. In this volume, the fourth in the
acclaimed series Two Liturgical Traditions, eight scholars explore the
models of human life implicit in Judaism and Christianity by unraveling
and exploring the evolution and current condition of their life-cycle
liturgies. By combining the historical-critical method of traditional
scholarship with that of more recent theory drawn from the human
sciences, Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship provides a novel
treatment of Jewish and Christian life cycles, past and present, and is
a unique and invaluable guide to the history, practice, and theology of
life-cycle liturgy.
Contributors: Paul F. Bradshaw, Lawrence A. Hoffman, Ruth A. Meyers,
Debra R. Blank, Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, Marjorie Procter-Smith, and
Yoel Kahn.